Verse 23

And what nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, to make him a name, and to do for you great and awesome things for your land, before your people, which you redeemed to yourself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvem er som ditt folk, Israel, et unikt folk på jorden som Gud gikk for å løse ut som sitt folk, for å gjøre seg et navn og utføre storverk og undere på jorden, for å drive ut folkeslagene og deres guder foran ditt folk, som du gjenløste fra Egypt?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og hva er ett folk på jorden som ditt folk, som Israel, som Gud gikk for å forløse til et folk for seg selv, og for å gjøre seg et navn, og for å gjøre for dere store og fryktinngytende ting, for ditt land, foran ditt folk, som du forløste for deg fra Egypt, fra nasjonene og deres guder?

• Norsk King James

  Og hvilken nasjon på jorden er som ditt folk, selv som Israel, som Gud gikk for å kjøpe seg til et folk, og for å gjøre seg et navn, og for å gjøre store og skremmende ting for deg, for ditt land, før ditt folk, som du har ført ut av Egypt, fra nasjonene og deres guder?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvem er som ditt folk, Israel, ett folk på jorden som Gud gikk ut for å befri, for å gjøre dem til sitt folk og sette et navn for seg selv, og gjøre store og fryktinngytende gjerninger for deres skyld? For å drive bort nasjonene og deres guder foran ditt folk, som du fridde fra Egypt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvem er som ditt folk, som Israel, et folk på jorden som Gud kom for å fri ut som sitt eget, for å gjøre seg et navn og for dere å utføre store og fryktinngytende gjerninger i ditt land foran ditt folk, som du kjøpte for deg fra Egypt, fra nasjoner og deres guder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og hvilket folk i jorden er som ditt folk, som Israel, som Gud gikk for å løskjøpe som sitt eget folk, for å gi seg et navn, og for å gjøre store og forferdelige ting for ditt land, foran ditt folk, som du løskjøpte for deg fra Egypt, fra folkeslagene og deres guder?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Og hvilket folk på jorden ligner ditt folk, Israel? Dette er det folk som Gud forløsset for å være sitt eget, for å gi seg selv et navn, og for å gjøre store og skremmende ting for landet ditt, foran ditt folk, som du forløste fra Egypt, fra folkeslag og deres guder.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og hvilket folk i jorden er som ditt folk, som Israel, som Gud gikk for å løskjøpe som sitt eget folk, for å gi seg et navn, og for å gjøre store og forferdelige ting for ditt land, foran ditt folk, som du løskjøpte for deg fra Egypt, fra folkeslagene og deres guder?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og hvem er som ditt folk, som Israel, som er enestående på jorden, et folk som Gud kom og forløste for seg selv, for å gjøre seg et navn og for å gjøre store ting og fryktinngytende gjerninger for ditt land, foran ditt folk, som du forløste fra Egyptens land, fra folkene og deres guder?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem as his people, to make a name for himself and to perform great and awesome deeds for your land, driving out nations and their gods before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvem er som ditt folk Israel, ett folk på jorden som Gud gikk for å løskjøpe for seg selv et folk, for å gjøre seg et navn og for å gjøre store og fryktinngytende gjerninger for ditt land, for ditt folk som du løskjøpte for deg selv fra Egypt, fra nasjonene og deres guder?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og hvo er et Folk paa Jorden som dit Folk, som Israel? for hvis Skyld Gud gik bort at forløse sig det til et Folk og at sætte sig et Navn, og at gjøre for eders Skyld de store og forfærdelige Ting mod dit Land, for dit Folks Ansigt, som du forløste dig af Ægypten, fra Hedningerne og deres Guder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og hvilket folk på jorden er som ditt folk, som Israel, som Gud gikk for å løskjøpe som et folk for seg selv, og for å gjøre seg et navn, og for å gjøre store og fryktinngytende ting for ditt land, foran ditt folk, som du har løskjøpt for deg fra Egypt, fra folkene og deres guder?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvilket folk på jorden er som ditt folk, som Israel, som Gud gikk for å forløse til seg selv som et folk, og for å gjøre seg et navn, og for å gjøre store og skremmende ting for ditt land, foran ditt folk, som du forløste for deg selv fra Egypt, [fra] folkene og deres guder?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og hvem er som ditt folk, som Israel, et ene folk på jorden, som Gud har gått for å forløse for seg selv som et folk, og for å gjøre seg et navn, og for å gjøre for deg store og fryktinngytende ting for ditt land – foran ditt folk som du forløste fra Egyptens land, fra folkeslagene og deres guder?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og hvilket folkeslag på jorden er som ditt folk, som Israel, som Gud gikk for å løse seg selv til et folk, for å gjøre ham et navn, og for å utføre store og forferdelige ting for landet ditt, foran folket ditt, som du har kjøpt deg fra Egypt, fra folkene og deres guder?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og hvilket annet folk på jorden er som ditt folk Israel, som en gud gikk ut for å ta til seg som sitt eget folk, for å skape et navn for seg selv, og for å gjøre store og underlige ting for dem, og drev ut en nasjon og dens guder fra sitt folks ansikt?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For where is there a people vpon earth as thy people of Israel? For whose sake God wente to delyuer him a people, and to make him selfe a name, and to do them soch greate and terrible thinges in thy lode before yt people, whom thou hast delyuered vnto thy selfe fro Egipte, from the people, and from their goddes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And what one people in the earth is like thy people, like Israel? whose God went and redeemed them to himselfe, that they might be his people, and that hee might make him a name, and do for you great things, & terrible for thy land, O Lord, euen for thy people, whome thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations, and their gods?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And what one people in the earth is lyke thy people, lyke Israel, whose God went and redeemed them to hym selfe, that they myght be his people, and that he myght make hym a name, and do for you great thynges and terrible for thy lande, O Lorde euen for thy people which thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt euen from the nations and their gods.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And who `is' as Thy people, as Israel -- one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name -- and to do for you the greatness -- even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt -- `among the' nations and their gods?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemest to thee out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?

• World English Bible (2000)

  What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 9:26 : 26 I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, which you have redeemed through your greatness, which you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
• Deut 10:21 : 21 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
• Deut 15:15 : 15 And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.
• Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread upon their high places.
• Neh 1:10 : 10 Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.
• Ps 111:9 : 9 He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever; holy and reverent is his name.
• Ps 147:20 : 20 He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise the LORD.
• Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts which are toward us: they cannot be counted in order to You: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
• Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
• Rom 3:1-2 : 1 What advantage then has the Jew? Or what profit is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way: chiefly, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
• Ps 65:5 : 5 By awesome deeds in righteousness, You will answer us, O God of our salvation; You are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of those who are far off on the sea:
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.
• Ps 106:22 : 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
• Isa 63:7-9 : 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior. 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit: therefore he turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit within him? 12 Who led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 Who led them through the deep, like a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14 As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so you led your people, to make yourself a glorious name.
• Ps 145:6 : 6 And men shall speak of the might of your awesome acts, and I will declare your greatness.
• Josh 7:9 : 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?
• 1 Chr 17:21 : 21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations before your people, whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?
• Exod 3:7-8 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows; 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Exod 9:16 : 16 And indeed, for this purpose, I have raised you up, to show in you my power; that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
• Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine: 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
• Num 14:13-14 : 13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
• Deut 4:7-8 : 7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
• Deut 4:32-38 : 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? 34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; 38 To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.